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SFOX

Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2014 · 60 employees

Crypto-currency trading platform.

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About SFOX

Where is SFOX headquartered?

SFOX is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

What does SFOX do?

Crypto-currency trading platform.

What problem does SFOX solve?

Institutions trying to launch or scale crypto products face fragmented vendors, exchange counterparty risk, and complex regulatory/operational demands.

What's SFOX's solution?

sFOX unifies trading, custody, liquidity, payments, and compliance into a single integrated platform (sFOX Connect) so institutions can launch and scale without stitching together separate vendors.

What makes SFOX different?

SAFE Trust Co. is a regulated Wyoming-chartered custody trust letting clients trade directly from custody without exposing funds to exchange risk, backed by $200M in insurance, zero security incidents since 2014, and 99.99% uptime across 40+ aggregated liquidity providers.

What makes SFOX notable?

Founded by Akbar Thobhani and George Melika; raised a $22.7M Series A round led by Arjun Sethi of Tribe Capital and Social Capital.

Industry
Fintech
Founded
2014
HQ
Los Angeles, CA
Employees
60
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